Barry Sanders Sued by Photographer Over Use of Iconic Game Photo

Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders facilitated and profited from infringement of an iconic game photo his company uses on memorabilia, logos, and for a statue, a photographer’s New York federal lawsuit said.

Allen Kee said Sanders and Barry Sanders Inc. chose and provided a copy of his 1995 photo to the creators of a statute of him outside of Ford Field, where the Lions now play, according to a complaint Kee filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. That statue is subject of a January lawsuit by Kee against its sculptors, ...